April 17, 2008 – A computer is all you need to follow the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup live. Each leg of the World Cup will be covered live at universalbikeracing.com, massive-mag.tv, and ucilive.com (worldwide, except USA) and wcsn.com (USA only). The first transmission will be next Sunday at 10:30am (GMT +2) for the start of the women’s race in Houffalize.

Two other websites freecaster.com and mtbcut.tv will also be at the World Cup to cover the Downhill and Four-cross events. The highlights will be available on YouTube’s official World Cup channel youtube.com/ucimtb.

As for television coverage, the World Cup will be broadcast in the following countries:

– Australia : Fuel TV
– Brazil : ESPN
– Czech Republic : Ceska Televise (XCO only)
– France : ESPN Classic France
– Italy : Sport Italia
– Pan Africa : Supersport International
– Pan Asia : Eurosport Asia / Pacific
– Pan Europe: Eurosport 2 (DHI and 4X only)
– Poland : TVP Sport
– South Africa : Supersport International
– Spain : TVE
– United States : WCSN

News of each day of competition will also be sent to agencies such as the European Broadcasting Union, Reuters, SNTV and Gillette World Sports, who provide footage to numerous channels around the world. A few events will also be broadcast live by national channels. This will be the case for the four-cross events in Maribor and Vallnord.

In addition, widely distributed programs such as “Road to Beijing” (29 countries on 4 continents) and “Sports Unlimited” will feature the World Cup.